I personally don't get why guys try for these properties. They seem like nothing but headaches to me. The amount of trash hidden in bushes and spread throughout the turf would annoy the **** out of me. Plus the occasional syringe and bodily fluids (vomit, etc..)

Stop in and ask to see the general manager (not just the manager on duty unless they are one and the same.) Ask how it's handled. If the only service you do is mowing, you probably won't get the contract. Full-service is where it's at.

My only fast-food experience was my first year of business with a Krystals that was subbed through Ferrandino& Scum, I mean, Sons. Experience was terrible, and didn't get fully paid for the work we performed over a few months. Yes, I was new and wet behind the ears, but the amount of work vs low bidder price = only person coming out ahead is the management co collecting a fee.